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If anyone knows of useful links to add to this page, please e-mail
me at craig@jmc.sjsu.edu.
News
Here's where you can follow the news -- both political and non-political.
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The New York Times
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The web version is very nicely organized and has full text of articles
and poll data (see below). For political junkies there is even a politics
section, and for people like my mom, there's the crossword puzzle. You'll
need to register with them, but it's free.
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AllPolitics
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This is probably the best choice for a mainstream political news site. It's
just been redesigned and has plenty of information available, due to its
connections with Time magazine and CNN, including clips from campaign commercials
(a favorite of mine).
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CNN Interactive
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This ... is CNN. And this web site is quite useful -- the top stories
are updated more frequently than most newspapers' sites. It has a menu
of all kinds of news items, often with special sections devoted to a given
breaking story (plane crashes, the Olympics, the Simpson trial, etc.).
Also offers multimedia from assorted stories (has a truly impressive vault
full of disaster footage, for people who are into that kind of thing).
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News.com
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A nicely organized site containing primarily news related to technology.
Has stories written by its own reporters as well as links to stories carried
on other news web sites. A good place to browse for interesting stuff if
your main interest is high-tech.
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C-SPAN Networks
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A site that's more interesting than the network it represents. For those
of you on campus or with lightning-fast modems, this site carries live
RealAudio news conferences. It also has profiles of cabinet officials and
members of Congress (with photographs!), as well as other resources and
links.
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Slate Magazine
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Edited by the overrated Michael
Kinsley of Crossfire fame. Leans to the left (what a surprise) and rakes
a lot of muck, but the quality of reporting thus far has been surprisingly
good.
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The Washington Post
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Vies with the NYT for best national government coverage. Also sometimes
has useful poll data -- they share a polling organization with ABC News.
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The San José Mercury News
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The local paper here, and one of the true pioneers of online journalism..
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
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This is how I follow news from my hometown on the Web. I only use the U-T
because my old newspaper, the North County Times, doesn't have a
full web site online yet (they're working on it). Easily the best way for
a new NoCal resident to follow the Chargers and Padres.
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Chicago Tribune
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My adopted hometown paper, from my days at U. of Illinois. Helps me keep
up on Chicago politics, not to mention the Bulls and Sox (and lets my wife
keep up on the Cubs).
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NewsLink
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This is a HUGE set of links to news sources. If it's a news organization,
and it even pretends to have a web site, it's on here somewhere.
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Columbia Journalism Review
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How to keep up on the organizations that report the news and on the coverage
of interesting issues by different news organizations.
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If you want the minutiae of government and politics, from platforms to
position papers to bills to any other kind of document, you can most likely
find it somewhere within these sites.
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The White House
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Why not start at the top? A nicely organized site with the obligatory stuff
about Bill and Al, as well as sections with commonly requested federal
documents and services, an Interactive Citizens' Handbook full of info
about the Federal government, a virtual library, daily press releases and
a nice FAQ file. For those more into glitz than government, there's also
the White House History and Tours section.
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The Jefferson Project
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A truly amazing site. It strives to be "the most complete archive of political
resources in existence today," and it certainly seems to live up to the
hyperbole. Has links to everything you could possibly want to know organized
by issue areas and along other useful dimensions.
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GPO Gate
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Another monumental site, run by the University of California (and suggested
to me by a fellow alumnus). This is a web interface to the Government Printing
Office's batch of databases known as GPO Access. This contains the full
text of things like the Federal Register, the Congressional Record, Congressional
Bills, United States Code, Economic Indicators and GAO Reports. A must
if you're into Gov Docs.
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Yahoo
Political Opinion Sites
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A good listing of sites to look at political opinion of every stripe --
so good, in fact, that it now includes my Unsubstantiated
Facts column. (Is this a case of Internet log-rolling in action?)
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Democracy &
the Internet
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A very interesting site devoted to the concerns of how the Internet will
affect democracy, and vice versa, both in the U.S. and worldwide. Tons
of links to articles about the subject from some pretty informed sources.
Includes a link to a spinoff site devoted to the notion of "Direct
Democracy". Also includes a marvelous bibliography on the subject (see
below under Academic Resources).
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The American Presidency
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Sponsored by Grolier Encyclopedia, this site has a lot of basic information
with an added twist -- great historical multimedia. The Online Exhibit
Hall of Presidents has film clips, sound bites and other goodies, while
Presidential Trading Cards is simply a brilliant idea. Also has complete
historical election results as well as links to presidential libraries
and historically-oriented sites.
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Campaigns & Elections
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This is the web site of "The Magazine for Political Professionals." In
other words, this is the home of the people who eat, drink, sleep and breathe
politics. As such, it has an "insider" feel, with lots of nuts-and-bolts
articles and information.
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All Things Political
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An interesting site sponsored by the Washington Weekly -- bills itself
as "an alternative look at Washington from the citizen's perspective."
Has an archive of speeches by Clinton and Gingrich, groups of stories relating
to political scandals, an online survey for rating the news media (its
categories are a bit slanted against the media), and links to political
discussion forums and other sources of political information.
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ElectNet
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Wanna find out what's going on in the state you grew up in? Click on your
state on the U.S. map and find out the latest on campaigns and ballot initiatives.
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Vote Smart Web Site
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This is where Americans should get their political information.
It's got voting records, campaign info, candidate issue positions on many,
many issues, and links to the home pages of everybody who's anybody holding
political office.
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Thomas
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Want to follow the progress of your favorite piece of legislation? Thomas
enables you to track bills through Congress. A great way to keep an eye
on what your legislators are up to. You can wade through the Congressional
Record, search for legislation by subject, sponsor, etc.
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These sites have polling data aplenty, whether it's on political races
or the president's approval rating. An amazing amount of stuff is available,
and I'll be adding more sites as time permits.
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Gallup Poll
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A little disappointing considering the sheer volume of polls they do, but
nonetheless worthwhile. Lots of polls on a variety of subjects.
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CBS News/New
York Times Poll
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Usually political in nature, but always well-conducted and exhaustive.
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Pew Research Center for the People
and the Press
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Does surveys to figure out how the public rates the press and how well
journalists are doing their job, as well as other related subjects. Check
out their new survey on the budget agreement -- hidden within it is a new
finding that Americans are more familiar with Ellen DeGeneres and Dennis
Rodman that several government leaders.
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CNN/Time/USA Today
Poll
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Some interesting stuff here -- but check the methodology on these. They've
had some problems before in presidential races.
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Los Angeles Times
Poll
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Another journalistic biggie, the L.A. Times Poll frequently polls on both
national and statewide issues, which is interesting given California's
role as the nation's de facto test market for major policy changes
(i.e. immigration reform, medicinal use of marijuana, etc.).
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Roper Center for
Public Opinion Research
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Roper is a huge polling organization with a long history, and a huge database
to match. Unfortunately, to access it you need to subscribe. Even then,
this site is useful because it directs you to some of their publications
and to other sites full of polling data.
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Interpol
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Not affiliated with the International Police, this is a generally thought-provoking
interactive political poll with new questions every day. Includes results
and discussion of previous poll results. I hope more people begin visiting
this site -- it's a good idea.
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National Opinion Registry
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A site designed for people "who really value their opinions and want to
influence social and political affairs." This site has surveys on wide-ranging
topics, but hasn't yet begun to update them terribly regularly -- still
has some pre-election stuff listed. Again, a good idea with potential.
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Voice of the Internet
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A place for Net-heads to voice their opinions, concerns, and ideas, then
share them with the powers that be. A series of small, focused opinion
polls with topics ranging from abortion and gun control to the general
state of affairs in Washington, D.C. A fun and useful site.
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Of course, the parties all want you to think they're hip, so they now have
web sites, as do many partisan organizations. Several of these are surprisingly
informative and well-designed; others just contain good basic information.
As has been pointed out elsewhere, however, you should remember the power
of the Web to distribute one-sided information.
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Republican National Committee
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Somewhat surprisingly, the Republicans are far ahead of the Democrats when
it comes to designing an interesting web site. Take a walk down GOP Main
Street, check out their latest commercials (if you have QuickTime and RealAudio),
and see how the GOP is putting the word out via the Web.
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Democratic National Committee
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Not quite as slick as the RNC, but they're catching up. In particular check
out the attempt to link visitors with efforts in their home states and
consider the Web's potential as a tool for grassroots movements.
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Reform Party
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Keep up with the latest on that zany billionaire and his followers. Good
information on party contacts in areas around the country, as well as the
principles behind the party.
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Libertarian Party
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That's Harry Browne, not Jerry Brown. They may be the party of the future
(or at least duke it out with the Reformers), and their web site is crammed
with information and easy to use. Look for info on the party's latest cause
-- the right to physician-assisted suicide.
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Green Parties of North America
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Follow Nader's Raiders across the continent -- links to all states and
provinces (don't miss the Newfoundland and Labrador page!). Has election
returns and a links page of "miscellaneous Green-related things."
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Natural Law Party
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Greener than the Green Party? You decide. There's party history and doctrine,
as well as press releases and an exclusive (!) interview with their '96
presidential candidate, Dr. John Hagelin.
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Turn Left
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A good source of information on liberalism (from some of the few remaining
true believers).
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The Right Side of the Web
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Links to Rush and Newt and other places far far away in rightfield. Whitewater
and Hillary are Topics 1 and 1A.
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Political Quiz
& Map
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Quiz shows what political party one is most aligned with. Particular emphasis
on Libertariana with many links.
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I'll be adding more to this section as I find more stuff.
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Democracy and the Internet
Bibliography
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Internet Policy
Bibliography
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These two bibliographies are wonderful resources listing academic works
on issues important to Internet users in general, not just those politically-oriented
few. Includes links to documents, authors and publishers where available.
A big help for folks like me.
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The Loka Institute
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Headquartered at UMass in Amherst, this is a research and advocacy group
"concerned with the social, political, and environmental repercussions
of science and technology." A useful site with books, articles and other
academic materials on the subject. Also boasts a big links page full of
resources for both academics and concerned citizens.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
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The academic Bible's web site gives you full text a few days after the
print edition is published, though you can get a premium subscription that
gets it to you right away. Among other things, there's job ads aplenty,
and they're searchable by keyword or category.
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Academic Position Network
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Another good site for job seekers, they've recently updated their interface
and it's much easier to use than before. You can search by country or state,
job type, job keyword, institution type, and age of postings. Still doesn't
list as many jobs as the Chronicle, but useful for looking up highly specific
positions.
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Sage Publications
Book Proposal Guide
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For the scholar thinking of writing a book (and who isn't?), this is a
handy place to start. While Sage's guidelines aren't necessarily universal,
they do provide the general structure to produce a solid proposal that
can be modified to be submitted anywhere.
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University
of Michigan Government Documents Center Guide to Electronic Resources
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A gigantic site full of government-related information and resources of
all sorts, with literally hundreds (maybe thousands) of links.
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